yağız

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاغز (yağız), from Proto-Turkic *yagïŕ (“burnt”), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (y¹ǧz), which is first mentioned in the Orkhon Inscriptions.

Adjective

yağız

  1. dark or reddish horse
  2. brave, heroic
  3. (dated) dark, brown

Further reading

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